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SSD Toolbox for Mac?

idata
Esteemed Contributor III

Are there any plans for a SSD Toolbox for Mac?

The SSD Toolbox for Windows does not support HFS+ (the Mac file system), so even if run on a Boot Camp Windows installation next to Mac OS X it does not optimize Mac partitions using TRIM... 😞

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idata
Esteemed Contributor III

What's stopping Intel from providing support for their SSDs in OS X, via a utility?

Surely it can't be seriously argued that Apple will prevent Intel from providing TRIM functionality via a utility because it sells Samsung SSDs in its largely Intel computers...?

Certainly, I agree that it's ideal to have OS-level support. But, I think the minimum acceptable level of support is for Intel to provide even a basic command-line utility that a user can run the TRIM command on HFS+ volumes with. In fact, I wouldn't be opposed to a bootable USB keychain device image containing such a utility. Anything is preferable to the current situation with absurd kludge like periodically writing an entire drive with 1s.

idata
Esteemed Contributor III

Hello,

I am another proud owner of an Intel X25-M Postville SSD and I am currently using it in my macbook. I would really like to see the Intel SSD Toolbox being able to deal with Snow Leopard!

idata
Esteemed Contributor III

You would like to have trim on Mac

here you go : http://www.groths.org/?p=313 http://www.groths.org/?p=313

idata
Esteemed Contributor III

Does intel x25 have trash collection in the firmware? I have read that if your ssd does then then above software for mac will actually slow you down

vt5
New Contributor III
New Contributor III

from my understanding, it do garbage collection at the background